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PAGE FOUR THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, DOWMANVILLE, ONTAIUO ~R~DAV MARCI~T ~ ia~n -w-eehlY Rv What a World Dy LEWIS MILLIGAN "AIl' s right with the world !" Wrot. Robert Browning. But bel Put those words inta the mouth ai a littie girl who went singing along in the early mamning, when the year was at the spring and the lark was on the wing. In that peaceful mamning hour, witb new lffe springing up araund hem, she exclaimed, "Gad's in bis beaven -Ail's right witb the worhd !" She was referming ta the worhd af nature as it apeared ta ber *hhild mmnd, and as it apears ta us ail on a brigbt sprîng morning, mankind is stirring and we baven't eathe mamning paper. In U.nater part ai the saine poemn Prowning wrate, "In the mamning' S.bf the world, wben earth was igher heaven than now." t wordsorth had a similar glimpse fi tbings when he stoad on West- jinster Bridge at dawn and look- 9 og ver the sleeping Metropohis e exchaimed, "Eatb bas flot any- ýjhing ta show mare fair!" and ~oncluded: * Ne'er saw 1, neyer feit, a calm s0 deep ! SThe river glideth at bis own Î sweet will: Dear God ! the very bouses seem asheep; SAnd ahi that mighty heart is hying still! ,2ut the mighty heart awoke, the jeahm was broken and the vision :Jbf peace and beauty was dispel- >~d. SThese reflections were prompt- 'd by a glane at the front É g o te moning paper wbich announced in big head- lines the caming ai the Hy- drogen Bomb. The rest ai the page was filled witb news ai international, political and econa- mic crises, habor strikes, mur- ders, divorces, accidents, etc., etc., and I exclaimed ta myseli, "What a world!" But there t is, and what can we do about it? In a moment ai despair we might be inclined ta say, "Bringa on your bydragen bombs and have done with it al!" Shelley icît like that over a hundred years aga, when re- viewing the troubled bhistory ai mankind fram ancient Greece down ta the Napôieonic wars he cried: Oh cease! must hate and death return? Cease! must men kill and die? Cease! drain nat to its dregs the urn Of bitter propbecy. The world is weary ai the past, Oh, might it die or rest at last! Shelley, like most ai the poets and the people ai bis time, was sick ai wars and revolittions, and realiz- ing that he could not reshape the worid ta bis own desire, he re- tired in dejection ta sunny Itaiy where he was drowned in a yachting accident. We ail feel at times like Jere- miah when he yearned ta fly away ta the wilderness and bc at rest. The modern expression of CrnucIllectrîc Phone 55-r-i Orono FARN Afl HOUSE WIRING Repairs and Alterations ... ..Pole Lines a Specialty Free Estimates.. 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But there is no escape, particularly in these days ai ubiquitous radia; and ev- en though we shauld cut aurselv- es oiff from ail communication, we would take the world and ai its troubles and prablems wîth us. The wilderness is nat paradise enough, for man cannat get away fram bhimself. Shelley couid nat rule bis awn wild and lawless spirit, and he would have been the hast man ta be content with the Utapia be dreamed ai in bis early days. He railed against re- ligion and conventional moraiity, against capitalisma and kings and ministers ai state, wbo he declar- ed were the real authars ai bu- man calamities. He advocated Republicanismn as the remedy for wars and ail social ills-wbat would he think ai the Soviet Sa- ciaiist Republie ai today? In an- other place he blamed ail the troubles ai mankind on the eat- ing ai meat, and suggested that if Napoleon had "descended framn a race of vegetabie feeders, he couid not have had the inclina- ation or the power ta ascend the throne ai the Bourbons." In yet another place he ciaimed ta be a Necessitarian, a form ai fatalism or Caivinistic atheism, which con- tradicted ahi the rest ai bis ideas for human betterment. These may have been the rav- ings ai a yaung rebeiiious spirit, but they are no different from the disordered ideas abroad in the worid taday, which are respons- ibie for what has been caiied the "World Disorder." If ail is wrong with the present world, it is largeiy due ta people who are in a desperate huri y to set it rigbt. Age Pensioners Maty Retain Home and, Stili Draw Pension A persan can oxvn a home or other property and still be eiig- ibie for the Oid Age Pension, Han. William A. Goodfellow, Mi- nister aif Public Welfare, pointed out today when commenting an a recent court case in Toronto. The case was that in wbich an elderly couple sued their daugh- ter ta recover their home. It was braught out in the evidence the parents had assigned the house ta their daughter under the misapprebension that ownersbip would prevent tbem fram abtain- ing a pension. Mr. Goodfellow said the gov- enment daes not take the prap- ety ai pensianers. On the con- trary, it daes ail within its pawer ta pratect theii interest in a home or land they may own. This pro- tection takes the form ai the gov- ernment reserving the right ta apprave ai the sale or disposition otherwise. Approval is aiways given when the sale price us fair and equitable. A typical case in point was that ai a pensioner who awned three acres in an area adjacent toaa large centre, for which he tenta- tively agreed ta accept $800. In- vestigation showed the propemty, if subdivided, was valued be- tween $7,000 and $8,500. When the sale was uitimateiy made, the pensioner receuved not $800 but $6,000, witbout having ta subdi- vide. Another case, but witbaut the happy resuit, was that ai a man wha owned a farma which he gave ta bis son in the beief that he would always have a place ta stay without having the responsi- biiity aifnianaging the place. Witbin a short periad, the son sold the farm, its equipment and live- stock for $20,000 and left the country. The father, naw penniless, is in a Home for the Aged and cannot qualify for a pension because ai the transier ai praperty within five years ai date ai application. Had be been a pensioner, the go- vernment would have quarded bis interests. Under the Federal Old Age Pension Act, whicb is adn¼nister- ed by the provinces, there is a provision which requires the go- vernments ta recaver fram the estate ai a Persan the amaunt ai pension paid during bis or ber lifetime aiter funeral expenses, reasonabie debts and testament- amy expenses have been allowed. However, in most instances, no dlaim is made for a refund ai pension against the first $2,000 ai any estate. Favourabie consid- eratian is also given for the am- ount ai regular contributions made by any persan towards the support af a pensioner, provided the assistance continued during the lest three years in which the pension xvas paid. The Old Age Pensions Com- ,mission is deepiy concerned over the increasing number of applica- KIRBY ý1ntended for 1ast week) The ladies, of the W.A. quilted two *tjults ini 'the Sunday School on Wednesday afternoon. About twenty ladies were present. Thé lunch was served by the ladies ar the east group., On Thursday evening there was another crokinole and card party at the school. Everyone had a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. DeMille and Billie, Oshawa, and Mr. and Mrs. George' Glanville, Newcastle, vis- ited with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gra- ham on Sunday. We were sorry to hear Mr. Wel- lington Blewitt is on the sick list. We wish him and ail the sick of the commuriity a speedy recov- ery. l Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Pattersan, Forest Hill, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wannan. Mrs. Patterson Sr. returned with ber son for a visit. Mrs. Clifford Cowan and Don- na visited an Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wannan. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Virtue vis- ited on Monday afternoon with Mrs. John Thompson and Mrs. Chapman. February bas certainly not failed to give us some winter bath in starms and cold weather. Mr. Alfred Reid is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reid. Mr. Fred Graham, who bas been sick for some time is in Oshawa Hospital for further treatment. We wish bim a speedy recovery. We feel very sorry for the peo- pie of Orono and district mn their great loss on Sunday aiternoon when the United Church was das- troyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Walker, Bowmanville, visited S u n d a y with Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Chapman. Also Mr. and Mrs. C. White, Orono. tions it is receiving in whîch the applicant bas transferred prop- erty just prior ta applying for pension. Under these conditions At is impossible ta deal with the application, and explanation oniy leads ta misuindemstanding an be- balf ai the applicant wbo believes that the Commission will take bis property, if he retains it in bis naine. For this reason the Com- mission requests ail pensioners ta make a will ensuring that the property will pass ta whomever they desire. In famihies wheme the children assume their responsibility ta- ward their parents in their de- clining years they may be assur- ed that this came will be favour- ably considered when the parents estate is being probated. Too fewv people, Mm. Goodiel- how added, are awame that this arrangement can exist without affecting the eligibility ai the pensioner ta receive the pension. To keep its locomotives in good running order, the Canadian Nat- ional Railways operates 230 raundhouses throughaut the sys- tem. The lamgest is at Turcot yards in Montreal wbere an av- erage ai 128 locomotives are ser- viced each day. \ IMMT ««Know the one big impression I got af Ontario ?" a visiting friend asked the other day. "It's the neat, attractive appearance af ail communities -right froin one end af the province ta the other." The compliment was sincere and for the mast part deserved. It bas been a distinct pleasure for me ta travel this province and see the many clever ideas used by haone owners in adding beauty ta their homes. Saine of these little touches bave been most ingeniaus. I'm going ta share my observations here anti in succeeding issues. Saine suggestions wii be simple, saine mare complicated -but I hope ail will prove interesting. Yaur commenta will be welcome -and should yau like further details af any af the abjects described, write for the illustrated bookiet now being prepared. Good Neiglibours Canadians celebrate -Canadian Brotherhood Week" this rnonth. As welI as expreqsing magnanimity to your fellow man, don't forget yaur bird neighbours. Three types ai bird feeding stations ar% shown -two very simple. Are you a green-thumb gardener9 .. If you're itchinig ta jump the season build yourself an inexpensive window greenhouse like the one I saw while visiting in Brantford. It was hitcbed ta o a basement window and received sufficient heat frointhe room, but Iwas astaunded ta learn it was used ta start all the young plants for the garden, ias well as a prapagating bed for house plants. Finally twoaemall items: one that can play a big part in bringing order out af chaos, and one that can be used ta bing a touch ai beauty ta any raam. My shaes were always Piled in a corner until I made this simple rope shoe halder. Equally easy ta construct was this small wire holder for a bud vase using a fancy perfume boutle. . ~ I t;:. I Ontario Leads Ilu Homes Builtitn 1949 #During the first ten manths ai 1949, Ontario led aIl provinces in homes built with a total ai 25,630 as compared. with 20,811 during a similar period in 1948. Mare than 72,000 dwellings were campleted in Canada during this periad, an increase af 13.600 aver the same period in 1948. Foresters Received Travelling Gavel From Lindsay A bus load of Canadian Forest- ers and ladies motored ta Bow- manville ta present the Travell- ing Gavel ta Court Bowmanville. The delegation was welcoTned by D.D.H.C.R. Bro. Charles Fer- guson and Chief Ranger af Court Bowmanville Bro. Tommy Mas- tersan. The presentation was made by Bras. Harry Dove P.C.R. ai Court Lindsay and Arthur Gamble F.S. In bis address the District Dep- uty complimented Bro. Harry Dove, former Court Oshawa offie- er and sports executîve for the splendid work he was daing in Lindsay and then went an ta ex- plain the reason and meaning ai the Travelling Gavel ariginating in Court Lakeshore, Toronto, it was maling the rounds through- aut Canada. The Gavel is a sym- bol, a sulent ambassador symbol- izing Fraternity, Liberty, Beneva- lance and Concord. An ideal that ail thinking people in Canada could subscribe ta, a united effort that could help aur citizens salve many problems ai lufe and assist Canada in fulfilling ber great des- tiny. Tbe Gavel was especiaily significant at this time during Brotherhood week. Other speak- ers were Bras. M. Hood, J. Shaw, E. Henderson, G. Graham and F. Blackburn. The balance ai the evening was spent in cards and carpet bail. An excellent lunch was served. Committee in charge were Bras. T. Masterson, E. Blragg, H. Hamm, G. Abernethy, B. Craig and E. Clarke. An excellent programn and sings song was presented by the Lindsay members. Those taking part were Bras. I. Simpson, H. Dove, D. Imire, F. Stubbings, T. Masterson and Art Reynolds, D. Supervisor for Lindsay, accom- panied by Toots Ferguson on the piano. The next mission for the Travelling Gavel wiil be Court Duffins, Pickering. Shortly a bus load af Bowman- ville Foresters and ladies plan ta visit Lindsay and the distrist De- gree Team will also visit there. In the summer local boys' and girls' hall club will spend a week end in Lindsay district on a fish- ing expedition. In the hockey semi finals beld in Brooklin three Forester Clubs emerged victoriaus. The Raglan Club managed by Barney Thomp. son, Oshawa Foresters managed 'by Wes. Richards and the Osh- awa Rangers managed by Norm. O'Reilly. These three teams will play off for the D. G. Brawn Tro- phy next Monday night ta bring a very successful hockey season ta a close. The Raglan Hockey Club are holding an oyster supper ta take care ai current expenses and the six teams ai the district are holding a hockey Dance ta buy crests for ail the clubs. Plans for summer bail are also under way and Lamne Haynes' top fiigbt girls' hall club have enter- ed the IZake Shore League which should provide the local fans with plenty oi good bail. BIRLD FEEDIMG STATIONS Winter Cornes In February Af ter Mild Speli Until the evening ai February 13 the people ai Durham County were beginning ta believe that Winter wasn't gaing ta visit them. Rather than combatting deep drifts ai sno>w, truckers and matorists were struggling thraugh deep mud on the sideroads. On xnany days it was almast toa mild ta wear a scari. The buds on the trees bad started ta form that lace effect wbich reminds us ai the approach ai Spring. The picture bas cbanged abrupt- ly. February 14 saw the first heavy snowfalai the year, with a thick layer ai snaw-sleet pro- vîding a treacheraus surface, and making plenty ai work for the local Roads and Streets Chairman. This fail was fahlowed by a thin layer of snow which restared ta the countryside some ai the white beauty hast througb the short tbaw wbich came aiter the big snow. The mast severe cold sriap of the Winter fell bard an the heels ofa the snow, sending the temper- ature readings dawri ta almast twenty below zero.Ithree snaw- falls have succceeded the freez- ing spell, leaving five or mare inches a time an the alieady smothered streets and lawns ai Bowmanviile. In the short space ai eleven days at least five times as much snow bas fallen as had previausly fallen since cold wea- ther set in late in November. High winds have carved strange shapes in the snaw piled besidte the sidewalks. At times the side- walks bave been made impass- sable by pramantories af snow jutting aut from the banks. But in spite ai the raugh weather qflthe past 12 days or so, this %e [part, written on Friday the 24th, wil probably be out o! date by press time, and the generai trend towards Spring restored. Trying to explain the reasan for world-wide disagreement, an Indian saîd, "When nations smoke pipe af peace, no one inhale."' 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Bowmanville J'hone 438 1) y Reduce Limit Speckled Trout First reductian in the speckled trout limit in many years, and an increase ai one dollar in the cast ai non-resident fisbing licences have been announced by Depart- ment ai Lands and Forests. Dur- ing the 1950 season, the speckled trout catch must be limited ta fiiteen per day, except in Nor- folk County where it will be ten per day. Minimum length per- mitted remains at seven inches. Previaus speckled trout catch imit was twenty fish or ten pounds, wbichever was fimst reacbed. The poundage imit bas naw been eliminated. The Fish and Game Committee recom- mended the move folowing rep- resentations ai thausands ai On- tario sportsmen who urged the re- duction in total take. To meet increased.costs ai ad- ministratiori, fishemmen from out- side Ontario, except residents ai Manitoba, will in future pay $6.50 for a non-resident individual li- cence and $9.00 for the non- resident family licence. Ont. Tourist Business Boon to Farmners Ontario's booming taurist ln- dustry was pictured as a possible means ai assisting bard-pressed Canadian farmers in finding mar- kets for their products by Tom C. MeCali, Deputy Minister ai the Department ai Travel and Pub- icity. Speaking befome members ai the Tourist Resorts Assocuation ai Ontario recenthy in Toronto, Mr. McCall referred ta the 21,000,000 border-crossings into Ontario in 1949 by United States citizens as a bhessing ta Canadian agricul- ture. "By bringing into Ontario In 1949 five times aur normal popu- lation, we have created a gigantic outiet for praducts; ai aur farms," be said. "It may nat be as spec- tacular as negotiated deals be- tween governments, but you can- not escape the fact that tourism is taday phaying a major part in the ie ai every citizen ini aur province."~ Vacationists and sightseers, like Napoleon's army, travel on their stomachs, and it is bigh time for the farmer ta appreciate that the botel, resort or camp operator is bis partner in the real meaning ai the word." 1 find the great tbing in this world is not sa much wbere we stand, as in wbat direction we are moving. - Oliver Wendelh Holmes. PAGE POUR THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVMLLF, ONTAMO THIMDAY. MAIRCH 2nd. 1950 00 Bowmanville tz King SL E. Phone 438